E.U. Plans to Bar Most U.S. Travelers When Bloc Reopens

Re:E.U. Plans to Bar Most U.S. Travelers When Bloc Reopens by danhak on Friday June 26, 2020 @08:02PM (#23658351)

The U.S. currently ranks #12 out of 200 in terms of infections per capita, far higher than any western democracy--even those that have done significantly more testing per capita. Yes, it is pretty close to the worst response in the world: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

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Re:E.U. Plans to Bar Most U.S. Travelers When Bloc Reopens by perl4ever on Friday June 26, 2020 @08:20PM (#23658455)

Countries with more deaths per capita than the US, in order:

Belgium, UK, Spain, Italy, Sweden, France

At the rate we're going, that may change eventually, but when you compare the general discussion of, say, the US vs. Sweden, it's obvious there is an absurd amount of bias, both from the US domestic media and others.

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Re:E.U. Plans to Bar Most U.S. Travelers When Bloc Reopens by vertex-four on Friday June 26, 2020 @08:34PM (#23658533)

Most folks I know think Sweden totally messed up for political reasons, same as the US (but for different political reasons).

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Re:E.U. Plans to Bar Most U.S. Travelers When Bloc Reopens by perl4ever on Friday June 26, 2020 @08:40PM (#23658556)

I think people are too judgmental. My point is just that people are biased about the facts, not that I accept the underlying belief that a lower death rate means virtue or intelligence.

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Re:E.U. Plans to Bar Most U.S. Travelers When Bloc Reopens by ars on Friday June 26, 2020 @08:10PM (#23658402)

Infection numbers are too easy to fake. Look at mortality rate, that's what actually counts.

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